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Re:Google’s Supreme Court faceoff with Oracle was a disaster... by AnthonyMouse on Thursday October 08, 2020 @08:05PM (#24725333)
> I'm not going to argue whether I think APIs should be copyrightable, but I believe creating a good API is a work of creative design, and is artistic

But that's not what it's about. Lots of things are a work of creative design but not copyrightable. Like a recipe for chocolate chip cookies.

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Re:Google’s Supreme Court faceoff with Oracle was a disaster... by interpol_p on Thursday October 08, 2020 @10:08PM (#24726021)
Yes and I am on the Google side of this argument. I just wanted to point out that API design is a very creative area of programming
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Re:Google’s Supreme Court faceoff with Oracle was a disaster... by VWWHFSfQ on Thursday October 08, 2020 @08:14PM (#24725399)
But if you compile a bunch of recipes for chocolate chip cookies and publish it then it is
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Re:Google’s Supreme Court faceoff with Oracle was a disaster... by AnthonyMouse on Thursday October 08, 2020 @08:28PM (#24725472)
The compilation is. The recipe still isn't.
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